A recent test by the folks at AV-Test reveals the winners and losers among security software for Google’s mobile OS. [Read more]
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Why 2014 Could be a Banner Year for Enterprise HPC
“The availability of HPC-on-Demand is opening up the world of supercomputers to expanding organizations that want to quickly take on more work and burst capacity when required. SMEs, that have never previously had access to this kind of power, can now use it on a project basis over a defined period of time and only pay for what they use. They don’t waste investment by having infrastructure running idle.”
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The Women of OpenStack Talk Outreach, Education, and Mentoring
In the open source world, a women-only event seems counter-intuitive. Yet I am finding reasons for such events the more I attend them.
At the OpenStack Summit, a twice-a-year event where OpenStack contributors get together to plan the next release, the Women of OpenStack group has set up events where we invite the women first. Men aren’t excluded, but our hope is to get more OpenStack women together. I can hardly capture the value of getting together with other women in OpenStack at the Summit, but here goes.
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What Will Drive Mainstream Desktop Linux?
You know how on TV, NFL analysts will pit one football team against another and say what areas they need to execute well in order to win the game? Here is my take on the most popular desktop Linux distros: Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Chrome OS. Let’s not mince words here: Windows is still the undisputed king of the desktop with OS X a distant second. In the meantime, Linux does not even show up on the radar, especially where it counts: in retail outlets and the average consumer’s mind.
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